sdandrea1 I wish I could buy stock

This is touching on something I read a couple days ago.

College sports teams(esp. football) are/have been/will be 'sold', much like Pro teams. New owners only get 51% though. Now, when teams will be bought in the$50M-100M ranges, do we think there will be any outside influences on the polls/ratings?
I'm sure it won't on the playoff setups.🤣😂

      johnnydoom wild in my book that Ohio St. is favored by that much. Gonna be interesting to see Tennessee D line vs Ohio St. O line. Strength vs. Weakness, whether that is actual or perceived🤔

          rsvman2 are refusing to budge so far. ...

          ... Duke is definitely maintaining a higher academic standard than any other school in the top 25.

          Well, that's good to hear! It's not like major college football was the bastion of academics - even before the portal and NIL. (I like the portal, it's good for more kids to get playing time instead of 95 man rosters. I'm also familiar with how different schools "promote" their image (not necessarily Duke). Just learned through personal experience from a gal who worked for me and had graduated from Penn State, one of those schools that would report great percentages of graduates. She'd picked-up a job as a student tutor. She'd write papers and take exams for players. Yes, anecdotal but she'd had no reason to make this disclosure as she just love PSU. I'm pretty sure this goes on at many a school. Hell, when I was at Pitt for undergrad '77-81 I'd skip football games to work additional shifts at a gas station, parking cars on game day. We stopped pumping gas. It was amazing to see players, from poor home regions (who'd become future stars in the NFL), parking their Eldorado's and the like. Hmmm... that was before NIL. LOL

            scotts33

            Lived a very similar lifestyle. Don't regret it and managed to pay my way through without any debt. (It did cost, what 15-20% of tuition rates these days.
            And, man do universities crush international students! Typically they pay 3X's the norm.

              When I see Belichik standing on the NC sidelines, at a game, as head coach, I'll believe it. Until then, I just can't get my head around it.

                sdandrea1

                Early on, I attended UNC for a couple of years. I'm still not sure what to think about Belichik's arrival. 😳

                  50 million over 5 years. Belichik.

                  ode Tennessee's offense, other than running back Dylan Sampson who is terrific, is very erratic. But the defense is reliably solid so Ohio St. better bring a great game plan. Ohio St. may cream them at home for all I know, but I don't expect Tennessee to be an easy game for any team.

                    jsippy73 Testing 123, testing 123. White-out at noon tomorrow in Happy Valley.

                    White out where when? Why, is Santa coming to town? Or are you watching the Army/Navy game? Maybe you're ahead of yourself? Saturday the 21st. Accuweather say "Plenty of Sunshine, High Temp of 32" LMAO

                        professor The test worked. Knew you would come along with some smart ass comment because you are sooooo smart. So predictable.

                            So now I'm trying to unsee 2 things.

                            Belichick on a college sideline as coach - (his postgame pressers are always a treat too)

                            Belichick with a 24 year old girlfriend

                              Bravopilot What is the line for Over/Under for drones at the Army-Navy game today?

                              I'm betting the "over" and am certain the cadets won't even give 'em a glance. They know...